Council approves purchase of replacement lights for ball fields, Narrows property sale

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove City Council approved the purchase and installation of replacement lighting for ball field 4 and multipurpose field 9 during its regular meeting Tuesday evening.

CCISD campuses to remain closed through April 3

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    By Friday, April 3, students in the Copperas Cove Independent School District will have been off campuses for a total of four weeks.

Knights of Columbus hold St. Patrick’s Day dinner

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Knights of Columbus Council 6658 held its annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner Saturday evening at the Knights of Columbus hall.

Copperas Cove ISD tackles challenges of extended spring break

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    In light of the extended spring break the week of March 16-20, the Copperas Cove Independent School District is offering breakfast and lunch for children under age 18, and educators are offering supplemental packets for students by grade level.

City, school district responds to disaster declaration due to COVID-19

By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Following the local disaster declaration issued by the Coryell County Judge on Friday afternoon after a Laerdal employee in Gatesville was noted to be presumptive positive for COVID-19, the city of Copperas Cove has cancelled or postponed public events...

Coryell County judge issues local disaster declaration

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Coryell County Judge Roger Miller issued a local disaster declaration for Coryell County on Friday afternoon.

Halstead students learn healthy eating habits

By CRYSTAL ANTOINE Special to Leader-Press   Empty calories from added sugars and solid fats contribute to 40 percent of daily calories for children and adolescents age 2–18 years—affecting the overall quality of their diets.

Copperas Cove updates customers on utility account transition

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press    The city of Copperas Cove held its second townhall Tuesday evening at the Copperas Cove Civic Center to share information regarding the transition from Fathom to an in-house, full-service utility administration department.

Natural gas shutdown affects thousands of Cove customers

By Lynette Sowell Cove Leader-Press   On Thursday morning, more than 4,000 Atmos Energy natural gas customers in Copperas Cove lost service, which shut down many restaurants and affected other business operations city wide.

Atmos Energy Works to Restore Natural Gas Service in Copperas Cove 

Special to Leader-Press   COPPERAS COVE, Texas. (March 5, 2020) – Atmos Energy crews are working to restore natural gas service to affected homes and businesses throughout Copperas Cove due to a temporary system outage.